[rumori] oranj.oranj.org - what is an author?

Steev [rumori] oranj.oranj.org - what is an author?
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 07:26:35 -0800 (PST) (00917882795, Pine.LNX.4.05.9902010726100.18346-100000atflotsam.detritus.net)

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, simon bradbury wrote:


>are you sure oranj.oranj.org is the correct address, cos i`ve tried
>that and various permuatations and i can`t connect to it...

oops, i'm an idiot - it's actually orang.orang.org

sorry!

smh


>>
>> anyone seen this site? it's a sort of realaudio radio station
>> slash user-submitted archive, and it seems to be mostly
>> out there experimental stuff.
>>
>> there are 3 tracks from Deconstructing Beck there, but
>> they got the info all wrong, attributing them to Beck as the "author"
>> and "Deconstructing Beck" as the "artist". huh?
>>
>> well, i guess that's one thing we're trying to call into question.
>> What exactly is an author?
>>
>> I wonder if any of the misunderstanding is caused by DJ remix culture,
>> in which remixes are still considered works by the remixed, not the
>> remixer. When someone puts out a remix record of people remixing
>them,
>> it's still "by" them. I guess you have to expect people who are used
>> to this to assume the same of a project like "Deconstructing Beck".
>> And when does something stop being a "remix" and start being a
>> "deconstruction", or whatever?
>>
>> sigh.
>>
>> smh
>>
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